Tuesday, August 19, 2014

For those of you here looking for more info on me… you have
come to the right place.

Insert awkward pause…

Hi, I’m Emmalee. I have been writing since I was about
twelve, and I haven’t had writer’s block in about three months.

End Writer’s anonymous speech.

Anyways.

I am a little crazy, a little quirky, a lot random and a
splash hippie.

8 years ago, I married my high school sweetheart, about a
year and a half after that I became a stay at home mom and really started writing.

This was the only serious picture I could find from that day. We are so not serious people!

I have two blonde haired monsters, Tuca, our son, who’s
seven. And Goosie, our daughter, who’s four. (Clearly, those are not the names
on their birth certificates, but they both answer to them)

My husband, D, is a
computer geek by day, volunteer EMT by night.

And by night, I mean, dead of
sleep, middle of the night, pager going off and scaring the crap out of you to
the point where you thrash around in bed trying to figure out what the hell is
going on for about five minutes before realizing it’s not the fire alarm and you’re
not having a heart attack.

I write Young Adult Fantasy and New Adult contemporary.

I did at one point try to self-publish, but after falling
hard on my arse and making a complete fool out of myself for doing it when I wasn’t
ready, I have taken that book off the market, put on the cone of shame, tucked
my tail and started to edit hardcore. Since
then, I have gained two AMAZING CPs and grown a ton!

I tend to learn lessons the hard way.

I’m the volunteer coordinator for the PTO at my monster’s
schools. And I volunteer a lot of time
in the elementary schools.

Right now, I have three little girls playing Princess Tea
party on a sleeping bag in my living room. My son has escaped from girl world
going on here and ran across the street to the neighbors to play. There was too
much dress up going on, he said.

I love vanilla ice cream and fresh out of the garden
tomatoes. (We planted 52 tomato plants this year… I am going to regret that statement
come the end of August).

I have no tattoos but I love tattoo shows.

When I was a kid I wanted to be a cheerleader when I grew
up. After doing that for 12+ years plus coaching for 6, I have hung up my pom
poms.

I’m willing to edit quickly, especially since school will be
starting in T minus 3 weeks!!!

I am horrible at public speaking but I am a great party
planner. I am very detail orientated.

I love to craft, but I don’t have a crafting niche. I sew,
quilt, do paper crafts, cut vinyl… pretty much I will try anything crafty at
least once.